PhD Position in Artificial Intelligence-driven Life Cycle Assessment

Job description

The Center for Life Cycle Engineering at the Department of Green Technology , University of Southern Denmark, invites applications for a 3-year PhD position in Artificial Intelligence-Driven Life Cycle Assessment . The position is based in Odense, Denmark, and will contribute to ongoing EU-funded research activities. The position is expected to be available from September 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The PhD project will focus on the development and application of trustworthy AI-assisted approaches for quantitative sustainability assessment, with particular emphasis on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), environmental foot printing, data quality, transparency, reproducibility, and decision support for emerging bio-based and food-related technologies. Project Context: The green transition requires robust, transparent, and scalable methods for assessing the environmental performance of emerging technologies. In many innovation projects, however, LCA studies are challenged by fragmented data, uncertain inventories, limited documentation, and the need to assess systems that are still under development. This PhD project will investigate how artificial intelligence, including lar...